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This question separates candidates who can talk plainly about a real mistake from those who can't. Interviewers are checking whether you can own a bad outcome, not just narrate around it.

Behavioral · Failure

Walk me through a bid or estimate you got meaningfully wrong — a missed scope, a bad quantity takeoff, escalation you didn't carry. When did you find out, and what changed in how you estimate?

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Concepts behind this questionEscalating well: when to raise it and how
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